Marking ticket



July 12 1927. 1,635,868

G. A. WALLIN MARKING TICKET Filed Ju y-2. 1926 Figzl.

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Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT F F l C E GUSTAF A. WALLIN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW'YORK,ASSIGNOiIR/TO A. KIMBALL COMIfANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFYORK.

MARKING TICKET.

Application filed July 2,

This invention has for its object the provision of .a pinless markingticket which can be readily ;and firmlysecured in position on thearticle or articles to be marked.

The object of the invention is to provide a marking ticket which may beused with out the slightest danger of injury to the most delicatefabrics or articles and which shall remain securely in position withoutdanger of accidental'removement or displacement.

. The object of the invention is further to provide such a markingticket .for narrow soft or flexible articles or fabrics, such forexampleas neckties, which shall remain seurely in positionnotwithstanding the character of the articles. c

The object of the invention .is further to provide such a marking ticketwhich shall firmly clasp without injury the article or articles to bemarked and iusuch a manner as toprevent the article or articles fromslipping out of engagement with the markin'g ticket.

These and other objects and features of the invention will appear morefully from the accompanying description and drawings and will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of thepreferred form r of marking ticketembodying the invention shown in place on a narrow article suchas anecktie.

Fig. :2 is a rear view of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the marl ing ticket shown in Figs. 1 and2 beforeit is applied to the article.

Fig. 4: is a view in cross section taken on the line.4c4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspectivev View similar' to Fig. 53 showing another formof marking ticket embodying the invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a marking ticket of the formillustrated in Fig. 5 attached to the belt loop on a pair of trousers.

.The marking ticket of this invention is capableof a-. wide applicationof use for the purpose of marking with suitable indicia such as price,style, etc., oneor more art cles particularly of comparativelynarrow'width and more particularly of a softer flexlble nature. Themarking ticket of thisinventlon forms and the general shape,

- considerably 1923. .Serial :No, 648.908.

of heavy paper or thin cardboard glued or cemented together faceto facewith the soft Wire stilfenersinterposed between the plies and in eachcase extending longitudinally thereof. Such markingticketsare held inplace on the article tofbe -mark-ed by being bent around the articleandclamped thereto. The soft wire interposed stilfeners hold the markingticket in place. ,Such a ticket-is entirely satisfactory for a ,widerange of use but whenthe article orarticles to be marked are of softflexible fabric such as frequently employedin neckties andfsimilararticles the ma'rkingticket is likely to become separated from thearticle by the article vworkingout between the endsof the vmarkingticket. "Fur,- thermore, .if the marking ticket be attached to narrowarticles .even ,when of a1 stilt character such as belts, straps, etc.the-marking ticket sometimes becomes displaced from the article by{slipping off over the end thereof.

The present invention obviates these .dif- 7 ficulties and enables themarking ticket of this pinless type, which is especially adapted toarticles of valuable vor delicate nature :to be used and firmly securedin place under all conditions. c

. The invention may takeva'rious .specific construction, size andquality of'the ticket maybe varied according to the nature of .theparticular articles to be marked. Two forms are illustrated herein aspreferred embodiments .ofthe invention. V

In the constructionshown in Figs. 1,2, 3

and 4 of thedrawings thestrip comprising the body of the ticket is madeupof two plies of heavy paper or thincardboard 1 of generallyrectangular form. The soft wire stiffeners Qare shown as two in numberand rare interposed between the plies-which are glued or otherwisesecuredtoget-her face to face. These wire stiifeners extendlongitudinally of the strip in parallelism and are so spaced as to leavesuffic ent areas on the St/1113 10 receive the desired indicia ofname,-pr1ce,

size, style, etc. A tongue 3 is formed from the strip and extendsparallel with the wire stiifener. hen, as in the form illustrated, twowire stiifeners are used, this tongue preferably extends in parallelismwith and between the stiffeners. The striking out of the tongue 3 leavesan aperture 4 in the strip of the same size as the tongue. The ticket isfoldable transversely adjacent the base of the tongue 3 and aperture 4and also adjacent the free end of the aperture. In order to define thelines of fold the strip is preferably scored at 5 and 6 transverselyandpreferably also the score 6 at the free end of the aperture r 4extends across the aperture so that the aperture extends at both sidesof the center line of the score '6.

This form of ticket is particularly adapted for use on narrow articlessuch as neckties, belts, etc. Such anarticle is represented at 7. Inapplying the marking ticket to the article the article is slipped inbetween the tongue 3 and the apertured portion of the strip. Then endsof the strip are folded back preferably about the scored portions 5 and6. Thus the portion of the article to be marked is firmly clampedbetween the central body portion of the strip and the back folded endswith the central apertured por tion of the strip lying on one face ofthe article as shown in Fig. 1 and the folded ends with the interposedtongue 3 lying on the other face of the article as shown in Fig. 2. Thusthe tongue 3 extends across the back folded ends and prevents thearticle from slipping or working out betw'eenthe ends of the markingticket. Preferably, as already pointed out, the line of fold .6 at thefree end of the aperture extends across the aperture so that when themarking ticket is applied in position the free end of the tongue 3projects through the aperture as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and thus forms alock which aids in holding the ticket in place and pre venting itsseparation from the article.

It is not necessary that both ends of the strip comprising the ticketshould be'folded back and in order to illustrate this feature anotherform of ticket is shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings. There theticket is constructed as before but in this case the base of the tongue8 is nearer the end of the ticket and the free end of the aperture 9 isabout midway the length of the ticket. The line of fold is preferablydefined by the score -10 extending transversely of the strip. Such aform of ticket is adapted for a wide range of use and is shown in Fig. 6applied to the belt strap 11 of a pair of trousers 12. Preferably inthis form of ticket the line of fold or score 10 extends across the freeend of the aperture so that when the ticket is placed in position thetongue 8. projects through the end of the aperture forming the lockalready described.

It will thus be seen that the marking ticket of this invention is onewhich can be easily and economically inanufactured, one which can notinjure the most delicate and valuable fabrics and one which whenattached to the article to be marked is securely and firmly held inplace even under most difficult conditions.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A marking ticket comprising a strip of two plies of flexiblenon-metallic material secured together face to face, a soft wirestiffener interposed between said plies and extending longitudinallythereof, a tongue formed from the strip and extending parallel with thestiffener, the said strip being scored transversely adjacent the freeend of the aperture left by the tongue to present a line of fold wherebywhen the ticket is folded at the score about a portion of the article tobe marked with the tongue and the apertured portion of the strip lyingat opposite sides of the article the free end of the tongue and thearticle are clamped between the said apertured portion of the strip andthe backfolded end and thus the tongue and the ticket are securely heldin position.

2. A marking ticket strip comprising a strip of non-metallic material, asoft wire stiffener embedded in said strip and extending longitudinallythereof. a tongue formed from the strip and extending parallel with thestiffener, the said strip being scored transversely adjacent the freeend of the aperture left by the tongue whereby when the ticket is foldedon the score about a portion of the article to be marked withthe tongueand the apertured portion of the strip lying at opposite sides of thearticle the free end of the tongue and the article are clamped betweenthe said apertured portion of the strip and the back-folded end and thusthe tongue and the ticket are securely held in position.

3. A marking ticket comprising the construction defined in claim 2 inwhich the transverse score in said strip adjacent the free end of theaperture left by the tongue extends across the said free end wherebywhen the ticket is attached to the article the free end of the tongueprojects through the aperture beyond the line of fold and locks theticket securely in position.

4. A marking ticket comprising a strip of non-metallic material, twosoft wire fasteners embedded in said strip and extending longitudinallythereof in parallelism, a tongue formed from the strip between thestilfeners and extending parallel therewith. the said strip being scoredtransversely adjacent the base of the aperture left by the tongue andacross the free end of the said aperture whereby when a portion of thearticle to be marked is embraced between the central portion of thestrip and the folded ends with the tongue and the apertured portion ofthe strip lying at opposite sides of the article the free end of thetongue projects through the aperture beyond the line of told and thearticle is clamped between the said apertured portion of the strip andthe hack-folded ends and the tongue is also clamped between the saidapertured portion of the strip and the adjacent hack-folded end 10 thussecurely holding both the tongue and the ticket in position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

GUSTAF A. VVALLIN.

